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Aston-Martin, Mazda on the pole at Circuit of the Americas for Continental Tire Challenge race

February 28, 2013

Jade Buford drove his Aston-Martin all the way to a pole position Friday at Grand-Am qualifying in Austin. Photo by GRAND AM

Jade Buford clocked a lap of two minutes, 20.830 seconds at a speed of 86.913 mph Friday to put his Multimatic Motorsports Aston-Martin Vantage on the pole for Saturday's Continental Tire Challenge race at Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas.

Buford led a field of 62 entrants in the GS and ST class. Buford is in GS, and the top ST time was turned in by Chad McCumbee in a C.J. Wilson Racing Mazda MX-5. McCumbee, who has raced in NASCAR and ARCA, logged a lap of 2:28.322 at 82.523 mph.

Qualifying just behind Buford in the GS class was Lawson Aschenbach in the CKS Autosport Chevrolet Camaro, followed by Nick Longhi in the RumBum Racing Porsche 997.

Behind McCumbee in ST was Corey Fergus in the RSR Honda Civic Si, followed by Marc Miller in another C.J. Wilson Mazda.

The 2.5-hour race takes the green flag at 10:05 a.m. Eastern on Saturday.